Improvement in can-openers



(5mm @anni Letters-Patent No. 91,902, dated June 29, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAN-OPENERS.

The ScheduleV referred to in these Letters-Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1,1,WILLIAM M. BLnAKLEY,of

Verplank, inthe county of Westchester, and VState of i New York, have invented anew and improved Device for OpeningGans; and I :do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and-exact descriptionlthereof,

which will enable others skilled in the art to make This invention relates to a newY device for opening sheet-metal cans of all sizes, and consists of a doublepointed swivel-bar, secured in the end of a lever that 'carries the adjustable cutter.

The two points of the swivel-bar are forced through the cover or' the can, and serve t hold the can xed, while lever is revolved to cut a circular hole.

A, in the drawing, represents a slotted lever or b'ar, carrying a slide, B, on which a cutter, C, is fixed.

The end of the lever is fitted on a bar,l D, which carries a head, E, that has projecting points a b at both ends.

The lever has a handle, c, at its outer, and the bar D, a handle, d, at the upper end. Y

The lever can be freelyv revolved ou the bar D, and the cutter C can be adj usted a'suitable distance from said bar, and be fixed by a suitable screw, e.

The device is applied by forcing the points a, b into the can, and by holding the handle d with one hand, while the lever A, whose cutter G is forced through the top of' the can, is revolved by means of the other hand, to cut a circular hole.

The head E may be arranged removable, to admit others whose points are more or lessfar apart.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl- The can-opener, consisting of the bar D, swivelled in the end of the slotted lever A, and provided with the handled, and the head E, having the points c b, allarranged as described, for the purpose specified. WM. M. BLEAKLEY. Witnesses: g

VWM. BLEAKLEY,

Josmn K. MAcK.' 

